Sunday, January 8, 2012

Card Of The Week January 8

Hiroyuki Nakajima and the Yankees failed to settle on a contract last week for Nakajima will be returning to the Lions this coming season. I've heard rumors that the Rangers-Darvish negotiations aren't going well either and the fact that the Brewers are making Norichika Aoki work out for them isn't a real positive sign. Last year was the first time that a posted player had failed to reach an agreement with the team that had won the bidding. It could potentially happen three times this year. It's probably time to reevaluate the posting system.

In the meantime, here's Nakajima's rookie card (if you hadn't already seen it on eBay) - #426 from the 2001 BBM set: